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Animal Rescuer Wakes Up To Containers On Her Driveway

On Tuesday morning, a member of a local animal rescue came across various containers left on her driveway. Holes were punched into the lids, suggesting that something living dwelled inside - something that needed air to survive.

"These rabbits were left with a computer-typed note stating they were taken from a neighbor's property without consent, and housed at a friend's house and then she trespassed/abandoned the rabbits on my private property," Rhode Island's Sweet Binks Rabbit Rescue wrote on Facebook.

"They were severely matted, meaning their hair was clumped in various locations," Joe Warzycha, animal cruelty investigator for the Rhode Island SPCA, told local news outlet NBC 10. "They had sores on the bottom of their feet. Some of them had open wounds. I do this job because I love animals so when you see an animal suffering it's always very difficult."

"Probably one of the worse cases of Angora neglect we have seen and we have seen a lot of bad cases," Sweet Binks wrote in regards to one white rabbit. "Her right arm was like a flipper, the chest matting was so bad she could not touch the floor."